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Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities , Banking and Mining sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.42%.

The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Douja Prom Addoha (CSE: ADH ), which rose 7.44% or 2.53 points to trade at 36.53 at the close. Meanwhile, IB Maroc Com SA (CSE: IBC ) added 6.10% or 2.18 points to end at 37.91 and Residences Dar Saada SA (CSE: RDS ) was up 2.81% or 2.70 points to 98.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Delta Holding S.A (CSE: DHO ), which fell 8.05% or 7.00 points to trade at 80.00 at the close. Med Paper (CSE: MDP ) declined 4.61% or 0.99 points to end at 20.50 and CTM (CSE: CTM ) was down 3.44% or 32.50 points to 911.20.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 30 to 22 and 6 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.26% or 0.78 to $61.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.31% or 0.84 to hit $63.48 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.57% or 18.79 to trade at $3,341.19 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was down 0.39% to 10.44, while USD/MAD fell 0.33% to 9.23.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 99.35.